Page 45 of Knot So Broken

“I would do anything to keep you in my life sweetheart. You are already the centre of my world. Everything I do now completely revolves around you. You are the embodiment of everything I have ever needed.

Chapter Fifteen

My heart threatens to explode from my chest at the declaration coming from Theo. Even though I had been given reassurances multiple times over the last twenty-four hours, it still helps to be given it now.

Especially after having my confidence bashed into the ground.

I see Jax and Ledger explode from the front doors of the school. A similar fury to the one that radiated from Theo only moments ago seems to pour off both of them in waves, visible even from the distance between us.

It's only seconds before they reach the car. Jax pushes Theo from in front of me, bringing me into his arms. He holds me like I am the very air that he breathes. “Omega.” His voice sounds pained, gritted through his teeth.

“Alpha,” I whisper, hoping that it's able to calm him down. He relaxes slightly as my arms come around him. I attempt to hold him tight even though my strength is that of a fly compared to his.

“What the fuck happened back there?” Ledger growls.

“Kennedy said that the Omegas told her that we are just using her. That we plan on throwing her away once we are done. That she is tainted.”

Ledger's face falls as he looks over at me.

“You know that's not true, Kennedy?” His voice is troubled, devastation written on his face. I shrug my shoulders, not giving him a straight answer.

His face darkens as he closes the gap between us. Jax doesn’t move from my arms but that doesn’t seem to stop him.

“You. Are. Ours. Mine. You are utter fucking perfection, Kennedy Hayes. There’s not a single soul on this earth that could even amount to you. You are everything.” I’m unable to stop the tears that begin falling down my cheeks. Ledger's words heal and break something inside of me all at the same time.

“It's just… I’m broken,” I manage to mutter through the sobs that pour from me, “There is always going to be a part of me that's broken and I don’t want you three to have to deal with that just because we are scent matches.”

My hands fall away from Jax and he pulls away from me too.

“You shouldn’t be burdened with fixing what someone else broke.”

Jax wipes away the tears on my cheeks. His features turn sombre, almost as though he is experiencing my heartache right along beside me.

“That's just the thing, Kennedy. I want to be right here, picking up your pieces. You will be the most beautiful puzzle I’ll ever put back together.”

His words only seem to make the tears flow harder as he pulls me back into his chest. “Don’t cry baby. You are breaking my heart.”

Once the tears have finally dried on my cheeks, I pull away from Jax. Wet patches of my tears soak his tee but he doesn’t seem to mind.

“Are you okay?”

I can tell he already knows the answer to that question, having held me while I broke in his arms for longer than I care to admit.

“No, but I will be.”

He nods his head before taking a small step away from me, not yet ready to commit to being too far away from me.

Theo and Ledger instantly step up into our space.

They put their hands on me in any place they can reach, showing their support in any way they can.

“I think we are done with this school, Kennedy.”

I gasp, my head shooting up to look at Theo. His hand grips mine tight. “What do you mean?”

“I refuse to allow my Omega to be bullied in a class that should have protected her. You don’t deserve that. I vowed to keep you safe and if that means leaving this bullshit school behind, then so be it. We don’t need it anyway. We are 23. It’s not a necessity to listen to half the bullshit they spew in there.”

I stare up at Theo, my mouth agape as his earlier anger wafts off him in waves. I can’t help but whimper. The Omega in me instantly wants to comfort him knowing that he is distressed.

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